The Ministry of Economy has estimated the possible losses of exporters in case Egypt imposes protective measures at $400 million. A special note has been sent to the Egyptian ministry. The document contains reports confirming the absence of facts testifying to the damage to the Egypt’s steel industry. Egypt announced its intention to impose protective…
DetailsIn April, Ukrainian metal companies decreased gas consumption by 7% MoM, to 140 million cubic meters. In 4 months the industry consumed 600 million cubic meters of gas, down by 8% YoY. Electricity consumption in April fell by 4% MoM, to 950 million kW-h, with 4 months consumption down by 3%, to 3870 million kW-h.…
DetailsAccording to Ukrmetallurgprom, in June, Ukraine will produce 1.9 million tons of both steel and pig iron and 1.7 million tons of rolled metal. As of May 15, 19 out of 21 blast furnaces, 7 out of 9 open-hearth furnaces, 13 out of 16 converters, 6 out of 15 electric arc furnaces and all the…
DetailsIn 2019 VSMPO-Avisma intends to increase output to 38 thousand tons.
After a drop of 2017 (28.8 thousand tons), the manufacture is expected to grow by a third.
Earlier the corporation planned to increase output from 33.7 thousand tons to 35 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Mariinsky Priisk intends to become the only metallic beryllium manufacturer in Russia, working at the Malyshevskoye deposit in Sverdlovsk region. So far, the company has been extracting beryllium and storing it, but it wants also to process it. The project is expected to have been carried out by 2025, with 2 thousand jobs to be…
DetailsIn January-April, the cargo throughput of Russia ports increased by 2.4% YoY, to 269.3 million tons. In particular, the ports transshipped 54.2 million tons of coal, up by 10.5% YoY, and 2.5 million tons of ore, up by 24.5%. At the same time the transportation of ferrous metals dropped by 8.3%, to 9.9 million tons.…
DetailsIn April Zabaikalye railroad in Amur region transported 453.4 thousand tons of various cargo, down by 8% YoY. In January-April throughput dropped by 5.2%, to 1.8 million tons. In particular, the railroad transported 956.7 thousand tons of coal, down by 2.6%, and 21.8 thousand tons of scrap, down by 17.6%. At the same time transportation…
DetailsAlfa miners team, extracting gold in Khabarovsk region, intends to yield 130 kg this year.
Last year the output was 178 kg of gold.
In addition to extraction, the enterprise also has a prospecting license. (Ukrainian metal)
In April, Ukraine exported 3.1 million tons of iron ore raw materials, down by 18% MoM. In January-April, exports grew by 9%, to 13.4 million tons. Deliveries to metal companies increased by 8% MoM, to 2.6 million tons, but dropped by 6% YoY in 4 months, to 9.8 million tons. The manufacture of iron ore…
DetailsIn January-April, Ukraine produced 3.5 million tons of bulk coke with 5% moisture, down by 3% YoY. In April, deliveries of coking coal to by-product coke plants grew by 3% MoM, to 1.29 million tons, with coal of local mining down by 25%, to 190 thousand tons, and imported – up by 10%, to 1.1…
DetailsPJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) and OJSC MMK-METIZ are among the exhibitors at the 4th specialist exhibition “SteelStructures’2019” which opened in Moscow. At the MMK and MMK-METIZ stands, visitors can see a wide range of products and technical capabilities that are of interest to manufacturers of steel structures, as this is an important…
DetailsWorkers of Khaidarkan Mercury Plant have been participating in a sit-in strike since May 13, the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Mining and Metallurgical Trade Union Eldar Tadzhibaev reported. According to him, the project of the Global Environment Facility has been operating in Kyrgyzstan for several years. The facility is lobbying for Kyrgyzstan…
DetailsIn January-March, aluminum ore mining decreased by 23% YoY, to 960.1 thousand tons, resulting in the drop of raw aluminum production by 9.5%, to 395.9 thousand tons. Exports of aluminum oxides and hydroxides dropped by 52%, and of raw aluminum – by 1%. Exports of primary aluminum grew by 7.8%. The main importers are Italy,…
DetailsMade in Steel-2019 exhibition has started in Milan.
Italy is traditionally one of the major MMK partners in Europe.
The company delegation at the exhibition is headed by Oleg Fedonin, director of the foreign activity and sales to car manufacturers department. (Ukrainian metal)
Yesaulskaya, a part of Raspadskaya, is one of the last mines to be constructed in USSR. The construction began in 1979, and in May 1984 the mine was commissioned. In 1997 the first 1 million tons of coal was mined, and in just two years – 2 million tons. In 2004 the miners set a…
DetailsIn January-March, Russia’s exports totaled $104.9 billion, up by 1.4% YoY. The share of metal and wares was 9.5%, down from 10.4%. The share of far foreign countries decreased to 9.1% from 10.1%, while of CIS grew from 12.5%, to 12.7%. The volumes of ferroalloys exports increased by 26.1%, and of semi-finished products of iron…
DetailsIn January-March, Russia’s imports totaled $53.8 billion, down by 2.4% YoY. The share of metal and metal wares was 7%, down from 7.2%. The share of far foreign countries was 5.9% (5.7%) and of CIS – 16.3% (18.6%). The volume of ferrous metals imports dropped by 18.5%, including flat rolled metal of iron and unalloyed…
DetailsGosuglepostach and Centerenergo have to clear salary debts to miners of the Lviv-Volyn basin. “My task now is to make these enterprises start paying you”, the energy and coal industry minister Igor Nasalik said at the miners strike. According to him, the main problem is that there appeared private organizations in the coal sale scheme…
DetailsInterpipe has appointed Andrei Sanin the acting chairman of the board of the Interpipe NMTZ from May 16. Since 2018 he has been a commercial director of Interpipe Vtormet. The previous chairman of the board, Yuri Antipov, who has been serving in the office for 12 years, decided to retire. Sanin has been working with…
DetailsThis year Evraz KGOK will receive its first BelAZ-75313 quarry dump trucks with the lifting capacity of 240 tons.
Previously the company ordered only 30-130-ton trucks.
This year 5 new dump trucks will arrive at KGOK. (Ukrainian metal)
In May, Zagorsky Pipe Works has shipped the last batch of pipes for this year to be used by Gazprom. The overall volume exceeded 113 thousand tons. The pipe manufacturing campaign was complete in 5 months. Large diameter pipes with the diameter of 1420 mm in three-layer outer insulation accounted for most of the volume.…
DetailsIn January-April, Arctic Developments LLC, a subsidiary of SUEK, increased coal output at the Apsatskoye deposit in Zabaikalye region by 6% YoY, to 208.6 thousand tons.
Last year the enterprise mined 618.8 thousand tons of coal, up by 3% YoY.
This year output is expected to reach 620 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-April, Azovstal produced 1.209 million tons of rolled metal, down by 6.5% YoY. Steel manufacture dropped by 2.9%, to 1.359 million tons, and pig iron – by 12.2%, to 1.153 million tons. In April the company produced 325 thousand tons of rolled metal, 387 thousand tons of steel and 321 thousand tons of pig…
DetailsIn April, Ukraine exported 228.5 thousand tons of pig iron valued at $75.52 million, up by 45.05% and by 92.7% MoM respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, in 4 months Ukraine exported 858.069 thousand tons of pig iron valued at $281.394 million, up by 36.7%. The share of pig iron in the overall exports…
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